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Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 is the most complete railroad experience ever created. As Engineer, immerse yourself in a totally interactive, realistic world. Choose from high-speed passenger runs, shunting cars in a busy industrial yard, or carefully navigating a 200 ton logging train down a steep mountain range. As Yardmaster, manage your Drivers as they carry out their daily tasks. Ensure your trains are in the right place at the right time to keep pace with supply and demand of the interactive industries. As Route Builder, create your own stunning routes and worlds. As Operations Manager, set industry production levels, commodity requirements and passenger schedules and create multiple task lists for your Drivers in a few simple steps. Are you up to the challenges ahead? What's New in TRS2004? TRS2004 brings added depth and realism to the experience of railroading on your PC. You will be able to interact with world objects and the new working industries add a new sense of purpose to your driving operations. Industries spring to life with realistic animations Each new industry consumes resources and produces goods. Your task, as with a real railroad, is to efficiently move theses goods and resources from one place to another and keep the wheels of industry turning. Visible goods and passengers No longer do you have to imagine what happens when you pull up to the coal hopper or to a station. You'll wipe coal dust from your eyes as you watch your hoppers fill up, and you'll be greeted by frustrated passengers if you're late for a pick up! You can even hop into a container crane at the port and load the containers on yourself. Make your own railroad activities in minutes Place a few industries in the easy to use Surveyor editor and you have created an instant railroad scenario. Set the appropriate industry inputs and outputs as you desire and enter your overall objective - from a simple passenger run to a complex freight exercise. Save your progress Unlimited save slots allow you to pick up where you left off. Scenarios can theoretically continue for ever. Steam locomotives Realistic physics tested by real engineers, plus amazing new sounds and special effects. You'll be wiping the sweat from your brow when you stoke the firebox. (You can also ask the auto-fireman to take over this messy task). Locos use fuel and water Your steam engines will require regular watering and refilling and your diesel engines won't go far without stopping to top up your fuel tanks. Drivers for every loco Ever wondered who was driving all those locos? Now you can appoint drivers, each with their own personality, to take charge of your locos. Of course, at any time you can step in and lend a helping hand. Updated Graphics Taking advantage of the new Auran Jet V2.0 feature set, we've updated many of the graphics. New techniques such as bump mapping and vertex shaders add a whole new level of realism and graphics eyecandy. We've also optimised many of the previous features so that you can add more objects to your scenes. New sounds, new signalling, new physics, and more... The list is too long to mention. We've listened to your feedback and included many of the suggestions that improve upon previous Trainz versions including rain splashing on the windscreen, lat/long support for real world routes, fixed track segments, radio chatter and lots more. Sharing Content made even easier We've overhauled the Trainz Download Station and Trainz Exchange and made it even easier to download and install your favorite content. Where it all began... Trains and railroads have fascinated people since their inception 200 years ago. In 1804, Richard Trevithick tested his newly invented steam locomotive which drew 5 cars and a coach with 70 passengers. 25 years later in 1829, the "father" of railroading, George Stephenson, built the famous "Rocket" locomotive and won 500pounds for hauling a load of cotton at a speed of 26mph. By the following year, 100 locomotives had been built in England - the rapid evolution of steam engines had begun in earnest! Without doubt the invention of the steam locomotive was the most profoundly influential technical development of the 19th Century. Railroads allowed the transport of goods and passengers at previously undreamt of speeds and changed the entire dynamics of society. Above all, railroads are about people. Those who built the system, those who controlled it, those who worked on it and those whose lives it affected. Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 puts you in control of building, controlling and managing a variety of railroads from around the world, from the golden era of steam, through the changeover to diesels right up to modern day electrics. Are you ready for the challenge? System Requirements Windows 98/2000/ME/XP PIII800Mhz • 256Mb RAM • 32Mb video card (Geforce equiv.) Direct X 9.1 or higher • Direct X compatible sound card 8X CD-ROM • 56K Modem for Internet access